We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

Anything before you’re thirty-five is new and exciting, and anything after that is proof the world’s going to hell.

Life is continuous, and is Infinite.

Youth is no less vulnerable, by the very quality it has of making the heart ache that beholds and has lost it.

Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature.

I believe you can speak things into existence.

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.

It's not for me to say from the outside what the Palestinian people should have. That would be very arrogant.

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

The point is not to direct someone, but to direct oneself.

The dogma of the infallibility of the Bible is no more self-evident than is that of the infallibility of the popes.